Asian Economies Show Signs of Strength

By

Colin Ng

Updated Jan. 2, 2013 9:42 a.m. ET

SINGAPORE—Asia's economies are showing resilience as 2013 gets under way, with a variety of data indicating manufacturing and growth are starting to pick up, just as short-term uncertainty is lifting on the U.S. fiscal cliff.

Surveys released Wednesday of purchasing managers in South Korea, Taiwan and India, following similar releases from China...